§ MR. WEIRI beg to ask the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, in view of the fact that it is the practice of British owned trawlers to register their vessels under a foreign flag for the purpose of evading British laws, will the question of rendering such action illegal be considered by the delegates attending the International North Sea Conference which is about to be opened.
§ THE TREASURER OF THE HOUSEHOLD (Sir EDWARD STRACHEY, Somersetshire, S.)The work of the International Council for the exploration of the sea, which is now meeting in London, is purely scientific in character, and the question to which my hon. friend refers is not likely, therefore, to come forward for consideration.